Snively '11 | August 25, 2008
"Why no blogs!?"
Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday.
Photos courtesy of our ever-friendly photographer Eric Schmiedl.
Video courtesy of yours truly.
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Seems like a lot of fun!! Hope I'm there for it next year!!
Posted by: mohit on August 25, 2008 05:32 AM
Why so Cereal?
Posted by: Al Gore as The joker on August 25, 2008 06:33 AM
I hate everything?!
A derivative of IHTFP?
Posted by: Ahana on August 25, 2008 07:09 AM
Yay class of 2012 :)
Posted by: Aditi Verma on August 25, 2008 07:57 AM
That was just awesome, Snively! I appreciate that you decided not to take part in the fight but instead, you decided to film it for the blogs!
Posted by: Edgar on August 25, 2008 09:40 AM
EAST CAMPUS TOTALLY WON THAT.
Posted by: Tiffany on August 25, 2008 10:29 AM
Haha "no blogs." What do you mean? You have four entries on the home page right now. tsk tsk, you and your extraordinarily high standards :p Fyi, dodgeball on the MAC court is super fun.
Posted by: Omar on August 25, 2008 10:59 AM
Wow, that looked like fun!
Did any of the students make their own water gun?
Are there any "wars" like this between MIT and other universities or between fraternities in MIT?
@Snively
Did you participate in last years war?
What side are the freshman on if they haven't decided on dorms, or by this time everyone has already decided?
Posted by: Ivan on August 25, 2008 06:00 PM
I wish our first day of school was this fun =(
Posted by: Anonymous on August 25, 2008 08:15 PM
Wow. The water wars look intense! :P
Posted by: Alex on August 25, 2008 08:33 PM
I have a really quick unrelated question...sorry. how hard are the classes at MIT? I mean, i know they're hard, but is it like taking an entire courseload full of AP classes? or do they cut you a little slack? or is it even harder? about how many classes do you generally take a semester?
Posted by: Rebecca on August 25, 2008 09:31 PM
@Rebecca - I obviously haven't had much experience with the difficulty of classes here since I haven't started yet, but from what I've heard, you have more time to do what you want. The classes are arguably much more difficult than your high school classes, but you normally only take four so it is manageable. Freshman year is limited in how many classes you can take. First semester we can only take 54 units (12 units being a class) and spring semester we can only take 57 units. Of course, if you qualify for sophomore standing by the end of your first semester than the spring semester 57 unit limit no longer applies. I've heard of people eventually taking between 7-10 classes a semester. You end up doing this though and you'll not have time for anything but studying.
Posted by: Omar on August 25, 2008 10:06 PM
that water war was so FUN!!! it ended in a matter of minutes, but it was worth it!
Posted by: Shion '12 on August 25, 2008 11:54 PM
Oh snap! I'm in the second photo :)
Posted by: Li'12 on August 26, 2008 12:24 AM
If only this has happened while MITES '08 was still on campus....
Posted by: Ester on August 26, 2008 01:19 AM
Dear Snively,
In two weeks, I'm launching a website, bostontparties.com, which focuses on Boston and its goings-on told through the eyes of its young. Most of my writers are still in college, but I haven't found one from MIT, and I was wondering if you knew of anyone who might be interested. The position would be pretty easy, and fun -4 short posts a week on upcoming events, restaurant/boutique/cd/movie/club etc...reviews, interviews with interesting Bostonians or fellow classmates, and I can offer college credit. Can you think of someone who might want to do this?
Regards,
Claire
Posted by: Claire Willett on August 26, 2008 03:55 PM
@ Omar
thanks so much for your response. i will admit to stressing over a mostly all AP senior course load, and i was starting to wonder if maybe MIT was too much for me. but i had forgotten that there is more "free" time, because generally classes arent every day, and there are fewer classes. thanks a ton :D
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